--- description: Police are investigating an FBI agent after his gun accidentally fired and shot a man in a bar in Denver, Colorado title: Off-Duty FBI Agent Doing a Backflip Shoots Man in Leg image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Accident](/tag/accident/) ## Accident Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Off-Duty FBI Agent Under Investigation for Accidentally Shooting a Man While Performing a Backflip by [Casey Quackenbush](/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2018 6:25 AM CUT by [Casey Quackenbush](/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2018 6:25 AM CUT Police are investigating an FBI agent who was showing off his [dance moves](https://www.denverpost.com/2018/06/02/fbi-mile-high-spirits-shooting/ "undefined") at a bar in Denver, Colorado when his gun accidentally fired and shot a man. The off-duty officer wounded the man when his handgun fell from his holster while he performed a backflip on the dance floor at the Mile High Spirits distillery, the Denver _Post_ reports. The victim was shot in the lower leg and transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to a Denver police [news release](https://www.denverpost.com/2018/06/02/fbi-mile-high-spirits-shooting/ "undefined"). In a video obtained by Denver7, the agent can be seen throwing down some moves before a crowd of onlookers before launching into a backflip. While flipping, the gun flies from his waistband. As the man reaches to pick it up the gun fires. The crowd appear shocked as the agent replaces the gun and raises up his arms. > [](https://twitter.com/RyanHaarer/status/1003084052226822153) “When the agent retrieved his handgun, an unintended discharge occurred,” the police release said. After the incident, the agent, whose identity has not been released, was taken to Denver police headquarters and then released to an FBI supervisor, the the _Post_ reports. The Denver police homicide unit is investigating the incident and the city’s district attorney’s office will determine whether any charges will be filed. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5299862/denver-bar-fbi-agent-gun-fires-backflip/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5299862/denver-bar-fbi-agent-gun-fires-backflip/"},"headline":"Off-Duty FBI Agent Under Investigation for Accidentally Shooting a Man While Performing a Backflip","datePublished":"2018-06-04T06:25:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:27:15.581Z","description":"The agent was dancing when the gun fell from his holster and accidentally fired","url":"https://time.com/5299862/denver-bar-fbi-agent-gun-fires-backflip/","keywords":["Accident","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Casey Quackenbush","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/accident/","name":"Accident"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5299862/denver-bar-fbi-agent-gun-fires-backflip/","name":"Off-Duty FBI Agent Under Investigation for Accidentally Shooting a Man While Performing a Backflip"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Why the World Depends on the American Firearms Market","description":"Why are other countries at similar levels of economic and political development to the U.S. able to pass sensible gun control laws?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/pmwSbp8g/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-04-10T16:09:40.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/pmwSbp8g.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5299862/denver-bar-fbi-agent-gun-fires-backflip/","duration":"PT2M2S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5299862/denver-bar-fbi-agent-gun-fires-backflip/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```